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Val Kilmer hospitalized with suspected throat tumor

By Danielle Haynes
Val Kilmer arrives at the 54th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 12, 2012. Kilmer was hospitalized with a suspected throat tumor Monday. File photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI.
Val Kilmer arrives at the 54th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 12, 2012. Kilmer was hospitalized with a suspected throat tumor Monday. File photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI. | License Photo

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Val Kilmer was rushed to a hospital and had surgery Monday after he began bleeding from his throat due to a suspected tumor.

Law enforcement told TMZ Kilmer was transported to UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, after someone at his Malibu home called 911.

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A spokesperson from the Santa Monica Fire Department told People magazine a person was transported by advance life support (ALS) ambulance from Kilmer's address.

"We received a call at 11:31 p.m. from that address," a spokesperson said. "He was transported ALS to the hospital."

ALS paramedics are qualified to treat more serious health emergencies than paramedics in private ambulances.

A source told TMZ Kilmer's family is aware he had a medical condition and were upset because he failed to get it treated.

Kilmer told Esquire in 2005 that he is a Christian Scientist. Christian Scientists don't always turn to doctors or medicine to treat illnesses.

Kilmer is recovering from surgery at the hospital.

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